Kansas Counties
Bourbon County, Kansas
Date Established: | August 25, 1855 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date Organized: | September 12, 1855 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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County Seat: | Fort Scott | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Origin of Name: | Named for Bourbon County, Kentucky, the birthplace of Col. Samuel A. Williams, a member of the Kansas House of Representatives from Fort Scott in 1855, who requested that the county be so named. The Kentucky county, created in 1785, was itself named for the Bourbon dynasty of France, in commemoration of French aid to the American cause during the Revolutionary War. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Other Resources: |
Post offices in Bourbon County Cemeteries in Bourbon County, As of 1906 Newspapers Available on Microfilm Townships and Independent Cities in Bourbon County Bibliography Kansas Memory |
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Links to Other Sites: |
Bourbon County GenWeb Early Kansas Maps [KanColl] |
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